Commander

Celes, Rune Knight

Global commander stats

All Mardu commanders Featured in Final Fantasy

511 Wins

862 Losses

Overview

Summary

Celes, Rune Knight is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,380 recorded Playgroup games, winning 37% of them (511–862) at an Elo of 1,696, ranking #66 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 211 damage dealt and 0.74 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 11 Sep 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Celes, Rune Knight's win rate?

Celes, Rune Knight has a 37% win rate across 1380 recorded Playgroup games (511 wins, 862 losses).

How long do winning games with Celes, Rune Knight take?

Wins with Celes, Rune Knight take on average 8 turns. Total tracked play time: 16 days.

How many decks use Celes, Rune Knight?

494 decks list Celes, Rune Knight as their commander on Playgroup, of which 328 have played at least one recorded game.

Celes, Rune Knight Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1696

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 211

Average commander damage per game 467514

Average poison counters given per game 4

Average kills per game 0.74

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 494

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 328

No. games played with this commander 1380

Total hours played 16 days

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1832	Kazaandu	65	41	63 %
2	1656	Flavio Carvalho	9	6	67 %
3	1569	Dallama Dallan	2	2	100 %
4	1566	BetterAshThanDust	6	4	67 %
5	1543	Lukas	4	2	50 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Celes, Rune Knight wins, 41.83% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

41.83%

Non Combat Damage

27.48%

Combo

25.25%

Alternative

2.48%

Mill

1.73%

Commander Damage

1.24%

Avg win turn 8.0 based on 528 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for Celes, Rune Knight

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Celes, Rune Knight decks that leave them out.

+16.8 pp

Top card: Obstinate Gargoyle

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Obstinate Gargoyle 61 games	+16.8 pp	61
2	Putrid Goblin 50 games	+16.2 pp	50
3	Faithless Looting 34 games	+12.5 pp	34
4	Victimize Signature build 81 games · Signature build	+5.8 pp	81
5	Persist 41 games	+5.2 pp	41

Measured win-rate lift against decks on the same commander without the card, ranked by the 95% lower bound. How this is measured

Table position

Does seating order matter?

Celes, Rune Knight wins 46.76% of games from position 1 and 29.09% from position 4 across tracked games.

Seat 1

46.76% n=386

Seat 2

37.66% n=401

Seat 3

31.71% n=369

Seat 4

29.09% n=220

Seat 5

34.62% n=26

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Celes, Rune Knight wins 34.94% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

34.94% n=395

1 mulligan

37.06% n=282

2 mulligans

31.19% n=109

3 mulligans

21.88% n=32

4 mulligans

12.5% n=8

5 mulligans

50.0% n=2

6 mulligans

0.0% n=2

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Celes, Rune Knight 3.98/5 on average, across 956 self-reports.

3.98 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Celes, Rune Knight wins, opponents flag the game as salty 69.1% of the time across 528 tracked wins.

69.1 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Celes, Rune Knight. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.